SPC BENCHMARK 1™ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

TEXAS MEMORY SYSTEMS,INC. TEXAS MEMORY SYSTEMS RAMSAN-630

SPC-1 V1.12

Submitted for Review: May 10, 2011 Submission Identifier: A00105 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page 2 of 7

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Test Sponsor and Contact Information

Test Sponsor and Contact Information Texas Memory Systems, Inc. – http://www.ramsan.com Test Sponsor Timothy Logan – [email protected] Primary Contact 10777 Westheimer, Ste. 600 Houston, TX 77042 Phone: (713) 266-3200 FAX: (713) 266-0332 Texas Memory Systems, Inc. – http://www.ramsan.com Test Sponsor Jamon Bowen – [email protected] Alternate Contact 10777 Westheimer, Ste. 600 Houston, TX 77042 Phone: (713) 266-3200 FAX: (713) 266-0332 Auditor Storage Performance Council – http://www.storageperformance.org Walter E. Baker – [email protected] 643 Bair Island Road, Suite 103 Redwood City, CA 94063 Phone: (650) 556-9384 FAX: (650) 556-9385

Revision Information and Key Dates

Revision Information and Key Dates

SPC-1 Specification revision number V1.12 SPC-1 Workload Generator revision number V2.1.0 Date Results were first used publicly May 10, 2011 Date the FDR was submitted to the SPC May 10, 2011 Date the priced storage configuration is available for currently available shipment to customers Date the TSC completed audit certification May 10, 2011

SPC BENCHMARK 1™ V1.12 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Submission Identifier: A00105 Texas Memory Systems, Inc. Submitted for Review: MAY 10, 2011 Texas Memory Systems RamSan-630 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page 3 of 7

Tested Storage Product (TSP) Description The Texas Memory Systems’ RamSan-630 rack mounted SLC NAND Flash system is a 3U enterprise class designed solid state disk offering scalable performance and affordable high capacity. In addition it offers: x 1-10TB usable SLC NAND Flash storage capacity x ECC and RAID protection designed in at the chip level x Extremely low latency, providing both outstanding transaction and bandwidth performance x or Infiniband connectivity The SPC-1 result demonstrates the latest performance ability of the Texas Memory Systems’ RamSan product line. This product is available for purchase today.

Summary of Results

SPC-1 Reported Data Tested Storage Product (TSP) Name: Texas Memory Systems RamSan-630

Metric Reported Result

SPC-1 IOPS• 400,503.26 SPC-1 Price-Performance $1.05/SPC-1 IOPS™ Total ASU Capacity 8,116.579 GB Data Protection Level Protected (RAID-5) Total TSC Price (including three-year maintenance) $419,292.00

SPC-1 IOPS™ represents the maximum I/O Request Throughput at the 100% load point.

Total ASU (Application Storage Unit) Capacity represents the total storage capacity read and written in the course of executing the SPC-1 benchmark. A Data Protection Level of Protected using RAID-5. The Texas Memory Systems RamSan-630 uses a modified RAID-5 algorithm to ensure that the failure of a chip does not result in data corruption. The modification to the RAID-5 makes an important leap forward over HDD-based RAID-5 write performance. On HDD RAID-5 implementations, any time even a small block of data is written, the RAID-5 controller must read back the entire data stripe and the parity bits, then rewrite the data, and finally rewrite the parity. But the RamSan-630 always writes to a new location on the Flash medium as part of its wear leveling algorithm, so a read of the old data and parity before a write is not required.

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Storage Capacities and Relationships The following diagram and table document the various storage capacities, used in this benchmark, and their relationships, as well as the storage utilization values required to be reported. Unused Storage – 2,191.28 GB GB 2,191.28 – Storage Unused Application Storage Unit (ASU) Capacity GB 2,061.647 Overhead Storage Global 8,116.579 GB

ASU 1 ASU 2 ASU 3 Data Protection (RAID-5) 3,652.457 GB 3,652.457 GB 811.666 GB 1,374.390 GB 1 Logical Volume 1 Logical Volume 1 Logical Volume (includes 562.732 GB of Unused Storage)

Addressable Storage Capacity 8,116.579 GB

Configured Storage Capacity 9,490.969 GB Physical Storage Capacity 13,743.895 GB

SPC-1 Storage Capacity Utilization Application Utilization 59.06% Protected Application Utilization 64.96% Unused Storage Ratio 20.04%

Application Utilization: Total ASU Capacity (8,116.579 GB) divided by Physical Storage Capacity (8,116.579 GB)

Protected Application Utilization: (Total ASU Capacity (8,116.579 GB) plus total Data Protection Capacity (1,374.390 GB) minus unused Data Protection Capacity (562.732 GB) divided by Physical Storage Capacity (8,116.579 GB)

Unused Storage Ratio: Total Unused Capacity (2,754.011 GB) divided by Physical Storage Capacity (8,116.579 GB) and may not exceed 45%.

Detailed information for the various storage capacities and utilizations is available on pages 19-20 in the Full Disclosure Report.

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Response Time – Throughput Curve

The Response Time-Throughput Curve illustrates the Average Response Time (milliseconds) and I/O Request Throughput at 100%, 95%, 90%, 80%, 50%, and 10% of the workload level used to generate the SPC-1 IOPS™ metric. The Average Response Time measured at the any of the above load points cannot exceed 30 milliseconds or the benchmark measurement is invalid.

Ramp Phase Response Time / Throughput Curve

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95% 90% 80% 0 10% 50% 0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000 400000 450000 IO Requests per Second

Response Time – Throughput Data

10% Load 50% Load 80% Load 90% Load 95% Load 100% Load I/O Request Throughput 40,045.71 200,250.39 320,375.99 360,425.44 380,450.36 400,503.26 Average Response Time (ms): All ASUs 0.22 0.34 0.75 1.61 2.76 7.71 ASU-1 0.25 0.36 0.72 1.45 2.48 8.14 ASU-2 0.24 0.36 0.73 1.43 2.22 4.36 ASU-3 0.15 0.28 0.80 2.04 3.60 8.25 Reads 0.34 0.45 0.69 0.98 1.39 4.88 Writes 0.14 0.27 0.78 2.02 3.65 9.55

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Priced Storage Configuration Pricing

Ln# Qty Part Description UnitPrice ExtPrice HARDWARE 11UͲRS630/10 RamSanͲ630(10TB) $314,500.00 $314,500.00 21UͲ630ͲFCͲ381Ͳi IncludedFCInterface $0.00 $0.00 34UͲ630ͲFCͲ381 AdditionalFCInterface $4,000.00 $16,000.00 41UͲ630ͲSparesKitͲGM/500GBͲi IncludedSparesKitwith500GBFlash $0.00 $0.00 51UͲ630ͲRackSL RackSlideKit $200.00 $200.00

HardwareListPrice $330,700.00 HardwareDiscount 0% Ͳ HardwareSubͲTotal $330,700.00

Ln# Qty Part Description UnitPrice ExtPrice SUPPORT 61iͲWarrantyͲCritical CriticalWarranty $72,710.00 $72,710.00

SupportListPrice $72,710.00 SupportDiscount 0% Ͳ SupportSubͲTotal $72,710.00

Ln# Qty Part Description UnitPrice ExtPrice ThirdͲPartyComponents 8 10 QLE2562ͲCK QLogic8GbPCIex8FibreChannel2ͲportHBA $1,549.80 $15,498.00 9 10 J9281B TrippLitemultimodeduplexFibreChannelcableLC/LC2m $38.40 $384.00

ADDITIONALITEMSSUBͲTOTAL $15,882.00

TOTALPURCHASEPRICE $419,292.00

The above pricing includes hardware maintenance and software support for three years, 7 days per week, 24 hours per day. The hardware maintenance and software support provides the following: x Acknowledgement of new and existing problems with four (4) hours. x Onsite present of a qualified maintenance engineer or provision of a customer replaceable part within four (4) hours of the above acknowledgement for any hardware failure that results in an inoperative Price Storage Configuration that can be remedied by the repair or replacement of a Priced Storage Configuration component.

Differences between the Tested Storage Configuration (TSC) and Priced Storage Configuration There were no differences between the TSC and the Priced Storage Configuration.

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Priced Storage Configuration Diagram

Texas Memory Systems RamSan-630

20 – 640 GiB Solid State Devices (SSDs) 5 – dual-port FC-381 8Gb FC interfaces 10 – Qlogic QLE2562 8Gb FC HBAs

Priced Storage Configuration Components

Priced Storage Configuration Components: 10 – Qlogic QLE2562-CK 8Gb Fibre Channel HBAs

Texas Memory System RamSan-630 5 – dual-port FC-381 8Gb Fibre Channel interfaces 10 – FC-381 8Gb Fibre Channel connections (10 used) 20 – 640 GiB Solid State Devices (SSDs)

10 – multimode duplex Fibre Channel LC/LC 2m cables 1 – U-630 Spares Kit with 500 GB Flash 1 – Rack Slide Kit

SPC BENCHMARK 1™ V1.12 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Submission Identifier: A00105 Texas Memory Systems, Inc. Submitted for Review: MAY 10, 2011 Texas Memory Systems RamSan-630